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1. Windows Powershell Has Stopped Working Virus

Dec 13, 2015  Hi and Welcome to SevenForums, I would try a system file check - SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker If that doesn't help, take a look here and see if this helps - Windows Powershell has stopped working Regards, Jamie. Press Windows Key on your keyboard and type in powershell.Right-click Windows Powershell (Desktop App) and select Run as administrator.Select Yes in the UAC window that pops up.

Hello everyone,Over the past two or three days my laptop has started to act up. (just in time for my new semester. Yay!)I run Windows 8 x64 on a HP pavilion g7.

It was used when I bought it, and I've had it almost two years now with no problem at all. Recently I've been getting errors of 'Windows Powershell has stopped responding.' Sometimes numerous errors will come up. I've ran malware and virus scans, I've tried installing updates. Nothing has seemed to work.Along with that, my fans in my laptop begin to get loud and my battery decreases. Now, this does not always happen when the error occurs, but I'm assuming it goes with it, considering it has happened around the same time.

Usually I have a three and a half battery, but now it bounces between one and two hours.I've searched the internet several days in a row now and most seem to believe it's a virus, but seeing as I have run scans through three different antivirus/malware I do not think this is the case.I apologize if this is a repeat post. Thank you in advance. If you need any other information please let me know and I will get back asap. To Bleeping Computer.You are most likely infected with which typically affects the ability to browse or download files using Internet Explorer and causes PowerShell error alerts.

Task Manager typically shows numerous occurrences of (COM Surrogate) dllhost.exe or dllhst3g.exe. If using a 64-bit version of Windows, then these entries will be listed as dllhost.exe.32 or dllhst3g.exe.32. These processes are known to spawn and consume a large amount of system resources as described.If you are having trouble downloading files with Internet Explorer, follow these to re-enable downloads/reset all Security zones to default.Please download and save it to your Desktop. Double-click on ESETPoweliksCleaner.exe to start the tool. Read the terms of the End-user license agreement and click Agree if you agree to them.

The tool will run automatically. If the cleaner finds a Poweliks infection, press the Y key on your keyboard to remove it. If Poweliks was detected ' Win32/Poweliks was successfully removed from your system' will be displayed. If Poweliks was not detected ' Win32/Poweliks not found' will be displayed. Press any key to exit the tool and reboot your computer. The tool will produce a log in the same directory the tool was run from.

Copy and paste the contents of that log in your next reply.Note: If the log is too long.you may need to split it and use multiple replies in order to post all the information.

Welcome to BleepingComputer, a free community where people like yourself come together to discuss and learn how to use their computers. Using the site is easy and fun. As a guest, you can browse and view the various discussions in the forums, but can not create a new topic or reply to an existing one unless you are logged in. Other benefits of registering an account are subscribing to topics and forums, creating a blog, and having no ads shown anywhere on the site.or read our to learn how to use this site. What tool did you use to remove the poweliks?If you didn't use the ESETPoweliksCleaner I would suggest using it to be sure that it is gone.

If you used the ESETPoweliksCleaner please post the log for this scan.Please download (by ESET) and save it to your Desktop.1. Double-click on ESETPoweliksCleaner.exe to start the tool.2. Read the terms of the End-user license agreement and click Agree.3. The tool will run automatically. If the cleaner finds a Poweliks infection, press the Y key on your keyboard to remove it.4. If Poweliks was detected 'Win32/Poweliks was successfully removed from your system' will be displayed.

Press any key to exit the tool and reboot your PC.The tool will produce a log in the same directory the tool was run from.Please copy and paste the log in your next reply. Thanks for the reply. It was this tool, the ESETPoweliksCleaner.exe that I had run. I ran it again and attached the log file2.74MB 0 downloads.

When it ran, it did NOT find Poweliks, I want to emphasize that. Neither the first time nor this second time.

I also ran Malwarebytes with rootkit detection enabled, kill.com, Adwcleaner, JRT, as well as scanning with Panda Antivirus. Some junk was found, but nothing sinister. I am only concerned because my search had indicated that this had been a big issue, but the last discussions about it were a year or two ago. Perhaps it's not malware. Let's check what's going on using Autoruns:Autoruns by Sysinternals. Download and save Autoruns from. Navigate to the directory in which you saved the file.

Right-click on Autoruns64.exe, select Run as administrator, and accept any User Account Control prompts. Wait for a minute or so, then go to File, Save., and save the file to your Desktop. Use the default name and ensure that the file extension while saving is.arn.

Zip and attach the.arn file in your next post.Regards,bwv848Edited by bwv848, 10 April 2017 - 11:34 AM. A couple of years ago Poweliks was being found quite frequently, but I don't see it very often any more. You ran the ESET program which was very effective in removing this from computers infected with this bug. I made this suggestion because you had indicated that you believed this was the cause of your problem.bwv848's suggestion is well worth running.I hope my reply didn't seem ungrateful. I really do appreciate your help, I just wanted to make sure you knew all that I knew about it already.

Thanks again.I will run the other scan when I return home a little later. Perhaps it's not malware. Let's check what's going on using Autoruns:Autoruns by Sysinternals. Download and save Autoruns from.

Navigate to the directory in which you saved the file. Right-click on Autoruns64.exe, select Run as administrator, and accept any User Account Control prompts. Wait for a minute or so, then go to File, Save., and save the file to your Desktop.

Windows Powershell Has Stopped Working Virus

Use the default name and ensure that the file extension while saving is.arn. Zip and attach the.arn file in your next post.Regards,bwv848Thanks, file attached below.324.03KB 4 downloads.